Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
Now that the babies are nine months old and becoming more sociable and independent, I am able to turn my mind to my freelance journalism career once again. I have negotiated with my husband so that I can have some time mid week to work and if things work out, we may end up hiring [...]
We left San Francisco in the evening and arrived in Death Valley at dawn. It was a thrill to be in the desert after the night’s journey – and a relief to be able to stretch my legs. (The seats on the Green Tortoise bus convert to beds but I was still feeling pretty crunchy). [...]
Australians were recently shocked by dramatic scenes of animal cruelty in footage shown in ABC’s Four Corners documentary on the cattle live export trade. Cattle are shipped from northern Australia to Indonesia where thousands were dying “slow and hideous deaths”. After the program aired and a public outcry, the federal Government banned live export of [...]
New York City; June 2010 I promised that I would have some animal-themed posts from my trip to New York City and I don’t plan to disappoint. So far I’ve shared photos of gorillas from Bronx Zoo, now it’s time for some bear action. Central Park is full of fun statues. Earlier in the day [...]
Hearst castle is not the only landmark named for press baron William Randolph Hearst in San Simeon, California. Hearst Castle sits atop the so-called Enchanted Hill. At the bottom of the hill, on the other side of Highway 1, is San Simeon State Park and the William Randolph Hearst Beach. In the above photo, taken [...]
I am saddened to hear that the forests of Borneo are still burning, covering the region in a cloud of smog and reducing our precious tropical rainforest. I am sceptical about how much of the forest fires are accidental given the many vested interests in land clearing in that part of the world. I am [...]
The spectre of extinction is hanging over the albatross, thanks to fishing techniques that kill the birds. Albatross only lay one egg and have a long breeding cycle so if a parent bird dies before their chick is fully grown or a young bird dies before reaching maturity, it can cause a dramatic effect on [...]
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